With Gold reaching record highs in the market early in 2025. President Trump wants to make sure we are all counted and the numbers match. Why? Remember the disgraced Senator from NJ who resigned after a major scandal brought him down. Former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges. Menendez was arrested for taking cash, a Mercedes Benz and gold bars as bribes. In exchange for helping three businessmen and the Egyptian government. Were the serial numbers on those bars fishy? Were those gold bars from Fort Knox? Trump has every right to go through everything in the US government. They went through his things at Mar-a-lago. It is only fair. Let us just hope Melania’s underwear is all accounted for too, or someone is in double trouble!
The total US gold reserves consist of 8,133.46 metric tons or about 261 million troy ounces of gold. A total of 147.3 million troy ounces is stored at Fort Knox. Fort Knox is less than sixty percent of the federal government’s gold holdings. The rest of the gold reserves need to be audited as well. This visit is not new for Trump. In 2017 Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin briefly visited the US Bullion Depository at Fort Knox.
The Security at Fort Knox is considered the most heavily guarded place on the planet. With 40,000 soldiers on site, it is heavily armed. The term “As Secure as Fort Knox” implies strong protection. Fort Knox is considered to have the most secure Vault on the planet.
The name Knox comes from the first U.S. Secretary of War, Henry Knox. He performed the role between 1789 – 1794. The Fort part is self-explanatory. The base it stands on.
You will not be able to get too close to Fort Knox, because it is surrounded by a steel fence. Even the building itself is hardcore. Made of concrete-lined granite and reinforced by steel to help it withstand attacks from all enemies. Even the vault grounds are surrounded by land mines and electric fences. Machine guns go off when a laser is triggered, and a radar keeps watch over the area. There is one guard box at each of the building’s four corners, plus sentry boxes by the entrance.
Below ground lies a complex blend of impenetrable layers and cryptic security procedures. The vault is described as a two-level steel and concrete vault that is divided into compartments. The vault casing is constructed of steel plates and steel beams is encased in concrete. The vault roof is of similar construction and is independent of the Depository roof.
Weighing twenty tons and blast proof, the vault door is twenty-one inches thick and is only accessible via combinations. Staff who work in offices surrounding the granite stronghold. They all have different instructions on how to get inside, enhancing the exclusive nature of the operation.
How do You get in To Steal the Gold?
Besides James Bond, maybe no one. The Secret spy 007 in the movie “Goldfinger” was able to breach the movie set version of Fort Knox. Bond uncovers international spy Goldfinger’s plans to contaminate the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. Goldfinger is suspected of smuggling England’s gold reserves. Goldfinger’s plan is to blow up Fort Knox so that the price of gold will go up.
Even though no one involved in the making of Goldfinger was allowed inside the real Fort Knox for security reasons, the Fort Knox set that the crew built at Pinewood Studios was astoundingly accurate. A 24-hour guard was appointed to make sure no one broke in to steal the gold bar props. The controller of Fort Knox’s security sent a letter to production designer Ken Adam and his team to congratulate them on the accuracy of the set. GOLDFINGER FAILED!
There have been numerous attempts at stealing all that gold. On 18 October 1993, Arthur Hill went on a shooting rampage, killing three and wounding two more before attempting to take his own life. The shooting occurred at Fort Knox’s Training Support Center.
On 3 April 2013, a civilian employee was shot and killed in a parking lot on post. Still, nobody got in!
Fort Knox has attracted many conspiracy theories. Some people believe that the gold stored there is missing. While others suggest that strange items, like alien artifacts or the bodies of famous leaders, are hidden inside. Russian President Vladimir Putin once claimed that allegations against an IMF chief were related to discovering missing gold in Fort Knox. Still no reports of no one ever breaching Fort Knox.
Now The Gold Audit Makes Sense, If No one Can Get In, If Gold is Missing, then it must be an Inside Job!
Now Trumps concern about if the Gold is there and accounted for makes total sense. If the Democrats and all their cronies were stealing money from USAID and using it to influence every aspect of our lives. The Daily Wire reported that 97% of reported political donations made by USAID employees during the 2024 election cycle went to Democrats. From elections to social issues. Then why not steal from the one place that has all the money. The one place no can get into but the politicians.
WHO HAS THE KEYS?
The Board of Governors who are appointed by the President of the Unites States of America are the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System. Their main goal is for central control of the monetary system to alleviate financial crises.
Gold has been a symbol of wealth and power among leaders and nations. Stock piling gold meant you were wealthy and had great power over others. The U.S. was no different. Commercial banks and Federal Reserve banks had a gold reserve requirement. They had to keep reserves of gold in their vaults equal to a fraction of the money they issued. “For every Federal Reserve dollar that was issued, the Reserve Bank had to have 40 cents worth of gold in its vault downstairs in the basement,” explained St. Louis Fed economist David Wheelock.
And then the Great Depression hit. People hoarded gold instead of depositing it in banks, which created an international gold shortage. Countries around the world ran out of supply and were forced off the gold standard.
In the beginning after the Great Depression, the board would protect the American economy. In the last decade, the Federal Reserve has been becoming a Big Brother to borrowers, people like us. At the same time becoming a friend to Wall Street money and the billionaire class. The monetary plan that the Board of Governor’s is implementing, is now hurting the American economy and the middle class. In Joe Biden’s term as president, the out-of-control spending and inflation might have shown a chink in the armor of the Federal Reserve. The blueprint they use to curve an economic crisis failed. It failed us all.
Hurting us so badly that some politicians have recently put up a bill to get rid of them. The location of Fort Knox is Kentucky. So, it is fitting that Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has put on the floor a bill to abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, and to repeal the Federal Reserve Act. Introduced on March 5, 2025, this bill will pass, especially if there is Gold missing from Fort Knox. With all the layers of protection put in place, and all the trillions floating around. Another disastrous four years and high inflation should never happen.
It only happened because the board was not doing the job of the people, but of the political party in control, the Democrats. We have spent more money in the last four years, and all of the money went overseas or against American progress. There are just too many hands in the “cookie jar”. They should abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, and repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and do it for the American people.
If you look at the image above, does this make you feel safe and cozy inside? Knowing your money is being protected by layer after layer of what. The system failed because the people in charge allowed it to fail. If 2021-2024 where a tough financial time for the American economy, then why did not Wall Street and the stock market crash, like during the great depression. The measurements were there. The policies in place. The Board of Governors still meet in Switzerland because they are the Federal Reserve of the United States, which is not in Switzerland. Why not meet on zoom to tell the world you are not cutting rates, why another expense.
They dangled the interest rates cut carrot in front of our face as they sat there and said nothing to the Biden administration about spending. The Democrats wasted trillions and my rates go up. My country is going into default, and we now pay more on interest than principle. The interest rates go up because the bank is losing money. No, they are getting more in return because rates are up and if you want to borrow, now you pay more. The bank is not given any more than when rates were lower. Nothing changed but a number. Because we had a reckless Democrat party throw money out the window, our tax money we pay. We are to be punished, so America can hold its standard. It does not matter! We have been downgraded as a Nation, thanks again Joe Biden. Still people are upset about cutting funding for DOGE.
No one in the three layers of the Federal Reserve was able to stop the two bills signed by Biden that caused inflation to rise. They preach to us from Switzerland, but not to politicians in DC. Where their central office already is. The way America runs should be streamlined by now. After the 1970’s and Jimmy “the First Joke” Carter, we should have changed the role of the Federal Reserve. It does not monitor me and the economy and advises how banks should invest. It should monitor the White House and how they spend our tax dollars. The U.S. was no different. Commercial banks and Federal Reserve banks had a gold reserve requirement. They had to keep reserves of gold in their vaults equal to a fraction of the money they issued.
Bringing full circle to the looking into Fort Knox and all gold depositories in America. Of course we should check, audit, and know if our money is there. Whoever is in their right mind does not check their own bank accounts. Anyone can tell you how much is in their wallet or purse at any moment. You do not think the US government should know what is in our safes. Especially gold! Only childish immature people have a problem with checking our bank accounts. The money in Fort Knox is the bank accounts of all Americans. This is our country’s wealth. When we do not do this, we fail, and we lose our ratings!
In August of 2023, Fitch Ratings stripped the federal government and its banks and lending institutions of their triple-A bond rating. Citing big government deficits and a steady deterioration in governance. The downgrade after leaders narrowly avoided a potentially disastrous default on the federal debt. Our banks are losing their AAA rating. Another title the horrible policies of Joe Biden and the reckless Democrat spending has taken form our country. Knocking America down a peg at every chance they can get. Did the bank feel anything, no, the American people did. You had nothing to do with the Federal Reserve, the Biden spending or even the bank down the street. Still, they decided that raising your rates would curve market unrest.
It failed, we paid even more, and they still are guessing. Abolish the Federal Reserve and all its cronies. Hire Dave Ramsey to run it alone and have him fix the bank ratings and cut rates to the lowest they have ever been. Check the vaults and every account America spends tax dollars on. Like USAID to start.
The deal between the Biden administration and House Republicans to suspend the debt limit a couple months, barely scratches the surface. It does limit some spending, but it worsens the revenue outlook by cutting money for the IRS. It does nothing to address the long-term challenges of funding programs like Social Security and Medicare for an aging population.
Kicking the can down the road politics and talking points for election time. All created by the people in power so they can stay in power. The Fitch rating drop points to a toxic political environment that is seen repeated brinkmanship over the simple question of whether the government is going to pay its bills. The political party fighting not only hurts communities, schools, funding and even gets a president shot. The politicians and their fighting have now hurt our wallets.
Of course we should tighten our spending, cut wasteful spending, and check every vault in Fort Knox, where the gold bouillons are!